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Over a million dollars, wow, pretty amazing! According to the JSON file, each of the developers will be getting $130,000+, right? I'm sure they will be eating a

Over a million dollars, wow, pretty amazing! According to the JSON file, each of the developers will be getting $130,000+, right? I'm sure they will be eating a nice success steak tonight... or a fatty veggie burrito for the vegetarians, heh.

mkramlich 16y ago
And I'm sure a lot of entrepreneurial minded folks here on HN are taking note of this as well. A million dollars gross in 7 days for a bundle of indie games. Who knew? Let the gold rush begin, eh?
- Dove 16y ago
  I was thinking about that. On the one hand, it's not an easy stunt to reproduce. These are great games at a massive discount in a well-publicized event. Not surprising you can make money at that. On the other hand, none of these games are very new. Games are usually like movies: a lot of sales in the opening weeks followed by a quick convergence to zero as they fall off the radar. A million dollars is not a lot of money split seven ways and then split again among developers. But I'm sure it's great for games headed for the bargain bin. Certainly there are a lot of games out there great enough in their day to be worth playing even now that technology has moved on. HOTU is evidence enough of that. A service that sold only hand-picked classics, polished for modern platforms, at cheap prices? Yeah. I'd buy that.
  - ptomato 16y ago
    "A service that sold only hand-picked classics, polished for modern platforms, at cheap prices? Yeah. I'd buy that." http://www.gog.com/ http://www.gog.com/
    - Dove 16y ago
      Cool! Thanks!
  - wgren 16y ago
    "Games are usually like movies: a lot of sales in the opening weeks followed by a quick convergence to zero as they fall off the radar." Is that still true though? I can see this being the case with physical copies having to fight for top shelf space in stores, but it may have changed a bit with online distribution channels. A few month old games that get a price reduction, or classics that get a special campaign price, regularly go to the top of the Steam sales list for a couple of days. Especially those who have gained a positive word of mouth reputation online. Long tail phenomenon? "HOTU is evidence enough of that" Hordes of the Underdark? puzzled. Oh, Home of the Underdogs. :)
- jeff18 16y ago
  We have already gotten several offers to purchase the bundle's source code and I hear from other developers that they are getting requests for another promotion.

mkramlich 16y ago

And I'm sure a lot of entrepreneurial minded folks here on HN are taking note of this as well. A million dollars gross in 7 days for a bundle of indie games. Who knew? Let the gold rush begin, eh?

Dove 16y ago
I was thinking about that. On the one hand, it's not an easy stunt to reproduce. These are great games at a massive discount in a well-publicized event. Not surprising you can make money at that. On the other hand, none of these games are very new. Games are usually like movies: a lot of sales in the opening weeks followed by a quick convergence to zero as they fall off the radar. A million dollars is not a lot of money split seven ways and then split again among developers. But I'm sure it's great for games headed for the bargain bin. Certainly there are a lot of games out there great enough in their day to be worth playing even now that technology has moved on. HOTU is evidence enough of that. A service that sold only hand-picked classics, polished for modern platforms, at cheap prices? Yeah. I'd buy that.
- ptomato 16y ago
  "A service that sold only hand-picked classics, polished for modern platforms, at cheap prices? Yeah. I'd buy that." http://www.gog.com/ http://www.gog.com/
  - Dove 16y ago
    Cool! Thanks!
- wgren 16y ago
  "Games are usually like movies: a lot of sales in the opening weeks followed by a quick convergence to zero as they fall off the radar." Is that still true though? I can see this being the case with physical copies having to fight for top shelf space in stores, but it may have changed a bit with online distribution channels. A few month old games that get a price reduction, or classics that get a special campaign price, regularly go to the top of the Steam sales list for a couple of days. Especially those who have gained a positive word of mouth reputation online. Long tail phenomenon? "HOTU is evidence enough of that" Hordes of the Underdark? puzzled. Oh, Home of the Underdogs. :)
jeff18 16y ago
We have already gotten several offers to purchase the bundle's source code and I hear from other developers that they are getting requests for another promotion.